[Traumatic brain injury in childhood: introductory remarks]

Age-dependent diversity of pediatric head injury was overviewed and significance of early implementation of rehabilitation in head-injured children was emphasized. Survivors from severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) often sustains chronic physical and cognitive dysfunction. It is important for physicians and therapists to provide them with early rehabilitation treatment in a coordinated way. These children often require a long-term support from medical as well as educational specialists after finishing the hospital phase of rehabilitation.